Craniofacial and dental characteristics of Silver-Russell syndrome.

Abstract excerpt

We found significant differences in a craniometric, cephalometric, and dental study of 19 Silver-Russell syndrome patients (13 without growth hormone treatment) with appropriate controls. Although head circumference was normal for age, head length was increased, while cranial and facial widths and facial heights were reduced. Posterior facial height, posterior cranial base length, cranial base height, and...

Topics

• Abnormalities, Multiple
• Articulation Disorders
• Body Height
• Case-Control Studies
• Cephalometry
• Child
• Child, Preschool
• Chromosomes, Human, Pair 17
• Dental Enamel Hypoplasia
• Face
• Female